alveolar pneumonia; alveolar pneumonitis
Medical term for inflammation of the lung's alveoli, often used in clinical contexts.
Alveolar pneumonia is a disease in which inflammation occurs in the small sac-like tissues at the ends of the lungs.
General term for pneumonia; 肺胞性肺炎 specifies the alveolar type.
Interstitial pneumonia, affecting the tissue between alveoli rather than the alveoli themselves.
Compound of 肺胞 (alveolus) + 性 (-type) + 肺炎 (pneumonia). The derivation is transparent from its components.